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2P/Encke

Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Oct 08 22h27 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.3
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.080 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.097 AU
Right ascension8.24269 °
Declination+19.32818 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID     |trkSub  |mode|stn |obsTime                |ra         |dec        |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat  |mag  |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
     2P|           | ABC1864| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-08T22:27:08Z   |8.24269    |+19.32818  |0.20 |0.20  |0.28  |   Gaia2|17.4 |0.31  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.48  |1075|    K|
     2P|           | ABC1864| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-08T22:46:36Z   |8.23449    |+19.32643  |0.20 |0.19  |0.28  |   Gaia2|17.3 |0.21  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.48  |1075|    K|
     2P|           | ABC1864| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-08T23:06:04Z   |8.22631    |+19.32468  |0.19 |0.19  |0.27  |   Gaia2|17.1 |0.12  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.48  |1075|    K|
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
CameraAsi 294MM
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Picture exposure details119x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 09 06h05m33s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 09 06h10m45s

(Record n° 31952)

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